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South African telecoms firm Vodacom said on Wednesday it had entered into a roaming and facilities leasing agreement with Telkom, South Africa’s biggest fixed-line operator. Vodacom said the multi-billion rand agreement would allow Telkom customers to roam on Vodacom’s 2G, 3G and 4G networks with full effect from June 2019. …

Vodacom has managed to increase its revenue by 5.8 percent to R19 billion in the first three months ended June as it added 1 million more South African customers to its network. In the three months between March and June, Vodacom’s South African operations delivered strong active customer growth, up …

Using a language that appears to be a modern version of Morse Code, Vodacom on Thursday announced that it had achieved mobile speeds in excess of 1 Gigabit per second (Gbps). This news that [dot-dash-dot-dot-dash-dash] helpfully added to Huawei’s announcement on Wednesday that it had, in collaboration with MTN, achieved …

Vodacom on Monday reported solid results for the year ended March 2016, with group service revenue rising 7.4 percent to R66.76 billion underpinned by improved trends in voice revenue and data revenue growth of 28.5 percent. The South Africa’s largest mobile operator said it had spent R8.7 billion to upgrade …

The City Press has reported that Vodacom and MTN have denied any wrongdoing in the music royalties row, where artists are accusing the mobile operators of violating copyright laws in South Africa. This follows a report that the Composers Authors and Publishers Association (Capasso) accused MTN and Content Connect Africa …

Cell C CEO Jose Dos Santos has shared his views on the possible regulation of WhatsApp in South Africa. The column below is a direct reproduction of a statement written by Dos Santos. MTN and Vodacom have declared war on consumer interests. The infamous duopoly wants to limit how we use …

The UK government has unveiled its draft Investigatory Powers Bill, which will compel Internet service providers to store a record of their subscribers’ web browsing history for a year. The bill will allow the police to identify which communications services a person or device has connected to – called “internet …

Johannesburg – Mobile network Vodacom [JSE:VOD] has not revealed what caused an error that led to several of its customers being double debited last week. Vodacom sent an SMS to customers on Friday afternoon informing them that the company was aware that some accounts had been debited twice owing to a …

Vodacom customers who had their accounts debited twice will be refunded by Monday, according to the cellphone company. On Friday, a number of Vodacom customers complained that their accounts had been debited twice. In an SMS to customers on Friday afternoon, the cellular network said it was aware of the …

Cape Town – Vodacom [JSE:VOD] has rejected an attempt to attach its assets in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) amid a legal dispute. The case relates to Vodacom DRC being sued over a facilitation fee agreement. CORRECTION: Fin24 previously incorrectly reported that this case involving Namemco Energy relates to Vodacom …